This Handbook provides an overview of federal laws addressing employer-employee rights and obligations. Information discussed includes wages & hours, discrimination, termination of employment, pension plans and retirement benefits, workplace safety, workers' compensation, unions, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and much more in 25 pages of materials.
Employment Law Handbook With The State In Bronx
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The Department of Labor is committed to protecting and promoting workers' safety & health, wages, and working conditions. We do this by providing education, consultation and enforcement services in a fair, timely and consistent manner.
New York City employers must provide employees with a copy of the “Know Your Rights at Work” poster and prominently post the bulletin in accessible locations. While an employee handbook update is not necessary to include the Workers' Bill of Rights, New York City employers should ensure all notice requirements are met.
Failing to have a manual and HR policies is not illegal — it's just irresponsible. If your employer does not provide you with clear-cut employment policies, ask what is expected of you. Record any wrongdoing within the company. Save evidence for your own records.
We build and support New York's businesses, helping them find qualified workers and keeping them informed about tools and incentives to make their businesses thrive. We empower and protect New York's workers by supporting the unemployed and by ensuring all workers have a safe workplace where they receive a fair wage.
When a New York City employer rounds up or down in 15-minute increments, the employer must cut off rounding down at 7 minutes. For example, if the employee works between 8 to 15 minutes, the employer must round the employee's time up to the next fifteen minutes.
Certain federal and New York State policies are required to be disclosed in an established employee handbook. Examples include, but may not be limited to, the following: New York State policies: A disclosure of the meal and rest breaks policy.
Section 193, subdivision 1(d), of the New York State Labor Law permits an employer to make deductions from an employee's wages for repayment of advances of salary or wages made by the employer to the employee.
More specifically, if this employee spends at least 25% of his or her working time engaged in “physical labor” they will be considered a manual worker. The term “physical labor” isn't just limited to lifting heavy objects or the back-breaking work many will consider it to reference.